portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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+ Z! n, S3 U8 Q- y9 O: YThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.* C1 C2 b  d3 U! V2 G6 [% \" P

9 l) p  k* F" _Like most of David's portraits of Napoleon, this was a propaganda piece. Napoleon actually crossed the Alps on a mule because mules have better balance and traction, are lower to the ground, and do better in cold weather.
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[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

月月鳥

我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含& B& G* K# \- S( b! i. }
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即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:$ ^* j% Y0 Y, K+ c) D% Y, H
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british